Country size comparison
compared to
Mali is about 17 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 1,629% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (12.0 million more people live in Mali).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Sierra Leone
vs.
Mali
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: Mali vs. Sierra Leone
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Mali on top of Sierra Leone
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 11 statistics
Be 62.6% less likely to have internet access in Sierra Leone
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 5 categories - 2026 data
Sierra Leone is 2.2 times more expensive than Mali overall
→
Moving from Mali to Sierra Leone · UN DESA 2020
262 people born in Mali live in Sierra Leone.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.